A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:9325 advisory.

    * cockpit: Authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option     (CVE-2024-6126)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when     enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.
    (CVE-2024-6126)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-9325 advisory.

    - pam-ssh-add: Fix insecure killing of session ssh-agent [CVE-2024-6126]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9325 advisory.

    Cockpit enables users to administer GNU/Linux servers using a web browser. It offers network     configuration, log inspection, diagnostic reports, SELinux troubleshooting, interactive command-line     sessions, and more.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cockpit: Authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option     (CVE-2024-6126)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the cockpit-320-1.el9 build changelog.

  - A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when     enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.
    (CVE-2024-6126)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-9eb3674b7c advisory.

    Automatic update for cockpit-320-1.fc39.

    ##### **Changelog for cockpit**

    ```
    * Wed Jul 03 2024 Packit <hello@packit.dev> - 320-1
    - pam-ssh-add: Fix insecure killing of session ssh-agent [CVE-2024-6126]
    - sosreport: Read report directory from sos config (fix page on Debian/Ubuntu)

    ```



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
232944	RockyLinux 9 : cockpit (RLSA-2024:9325)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	low
231061	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6126	Nessus	Misc.	low
211538	Oracle Linux 9 : cockpit (ELSA-2024-9325)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	low
210808	RHEL 9 : cockpit (RHSA-2024:9325)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	low
201968	CentOS 9 : cockpit-320-1.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	low
201900	Fedora 39 : cockpit (2024-9eb3674b7c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low

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